Chapter 18: It's not a good thing to enlist in the army
"On that day, all conscripts will be disbanded on the spot, and the salaries and pensions will be paid."
Zhu Yujian said seriously.
"In this way, I am willing to enter the Tang Palace."
Xu Chen said.
Hearing this, Zhu Yujian nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the people: "This king is here today, just to tell everyone that this king is not selfish, since the ancestor was sealed here, he swore to be loyal to the court, and there is no second heart!" This is even more true of this king! The heart of allegiance to His Majesty, heaven and earth can be learned, the sun and the moon are proof, if there is a rebellion, people and gods will be punished! ”
"This recruitment is to share the worries of the imperial court, rush to the aid of Lin County, drive the thieves out of Henan, and lock them to the west of Tongguan, so that everyone can stay away from the war and live and work in peace and contentment!"
Hearing this, the people finally put their hearts at ease.
In troubled times, life seems to have become less important.
More importantly, let the wife, son, daughter, and parents of the family eat a bowl of steaming rice gruel.
You can add a new coat to keep you warm before winter arrives.
Some people think that this is nonsense, people are selfish, and even for their own lives, they can eat their children.
It is undeniable that it is indeed common in troubled times to change children and eat, but are parents who endure the pain of making such a choice just to be able to eat and clothe themselves?
When success loses its original meaning, you still choose to continue to work hard, not for yourself, but for the people around you.
When failure is doomed, you still choose to give stubborn resistance, endure the sharp pain from your nails, and grit your teeth to climb up.
It's not about getting that 1 in 10,000 chance to reach the top.
It's that there are people you care about watching you down the mountain.
Speaking of the present, Li Zicheng led an army of 200,000 soldiers to besiege Lin County, but the defenders of Lin County were only 20,000.
It is estimated that after these few days of fighting, the damage should be more than half.
The day of the breakdown of the city is not far off.
How many people can Nanyang Mansion recruit again?
Compared with Li Zicheng's victorious army, this new army will only become a fish on the chopping block and be slaughtered by others.
Unless a miracle happens, you can defeat your opponent.
But everyone still rushed to the registration office.
Wang Kang, who was standing in the corner, couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth when he saw this scene.
Damn King Tang, why did he choose that waste to be rich, shouldn't it be himself?
That waste made Zhu Xiuyun light, and he should be executed by Ling Chi.
He worked hard to calculate for so long, and finally fulfilled Sun Ming, and he was really angry in his heart, and because of his resentment towards Sun Ming, he was implicated in the entire Tang Palace.
The business of the Wang family pharmacy is getting worse and worse, and it's all because of them.
"King Tang, hehe, you are really bold, it is the will of the ancestors that the vassal king does not hold the power of the army, but you openly disobey it, then don't blame Young Master Ben for being ruthless."
muttered in a low voice, and Wang Kang turned around and left.
"I signed up, my name is Liu Jun, and my hometown is Nanyang Mansion!"
"My name is Zhang Erxiao, quickly write down my name, I just turned twenty years old, it is a good time to be young and strong, I am not afraid of death, let alone hardship."
"And me, Li Dagua, although my left hand is a little disabled, my right hand is very powerful, Master Jun, if you don't believe me, I'll show you a stone pier now, you must accept me, I need this money."
Everyone went one after another, and in the blink of an eye, three or four thousand people lined up in a long line.
Sun Ming stood next to him, watching this scene, which touched him very much.
If it is said that in later generations, it is a very great, very noble, and very worthy of publicity and praise to win glory for the country as a soldier.
So now being a soldier and fighting is the stupidest and most stupid behavior, as long as you go to the battlefield, it is too difficult for ordinary recruits to survive.
The so-called drunk and lying on the battlefield Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times.
In Sun Ming's view, joining the army in Daming now is not a glorious thing, but the only choice when forced to be helpless.
These reservists standing here with nervous faces, afraid of missing the opportunity, can no longer be said to be people, but a pile of walking meat that Tang Wang bought for two taels of silver.
Whenever this pile of meat is needed, they will not hesitate to push them out, and they will not complain, and they will even be happy.
After all, if you die on the battlefield, you have a pension of twenty taels and land.
"Alas, when will this damn chaotic world end?"
Sun Ming shook his head and said.
For a whole day, the Tang Palace's army recruited 3,000 soldiers.
At Sun Ming's suggestion, the Tang King first advanced a month's military salary for each soldier, that is, two taels of silver, which was only 6,000 taels in total.
6,000 taels of silver, which is really not much in the current inflationary Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it is not comparable to the income of a corrupt official in a year.
But you can buy 3,000 lives.
Sun Ming is not sentimental, even after crossing over, he knows that he is going to face war, and he also knows that he is a young man from the 21st century who is well protected by the motherland, and he has to see a lot of life and death.
He also made mental preparations for a long time.
But when he really took this step, he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
Now, I am afraid that all he can do is to make this new army stronger.
It's too late to train systematically, and they can only use weapons to make up for their lack of battlefield experience and physical shortcomings.
In the main hall of Tang Wangfu, Zhu Yujian hosted a banquet for the officials of Nanyang Mansion, accompanied by the newly recruited staff member Xu Chen.
Zhu Yujian naturally sits in the main seat, and Liu Dahai, who is the same as the five products, is now the largest left-behind official in Nanyang Mansion.
Sun Chuanting left Nanyang and went to Linxian to help.
The big and small matters of Nanyang Mansion were all decided by Liu Dahai and Li Changjie and others.
The relationship between the vassal kings and local officials in the Ming Dynasty was constantly changing, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu sent his sons to various places to serve as vassals.
Although it is not explicitly said that it is a vassal state, but it is almost the same, the power of the vassal king in the local area is very great, both the power to command the army, and the administrative power, the magistrate can only wag his tail and beg for mercy when he sees it, if he angers the vassal king, the small magistrate will be killed.
But after Zhu Di's success in Jingnan, he knew how he got into this position, so even under the guise of Jingnan, he still inherited the set that his nephew had cut over.
The power of the vassal kings fell again and again, and they lost their power to command the army, and the administrative power of the magistrates increased greatly.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, King Fan was only a title, enjoying the welfare benefits given by the state, without any administrative power, and his status was inferior to that of local officials.
However, Nanyang Mansion is a special case, Tang King Zhu Yujian is humble and broad-minded, and has a reputation for loving the people like a son in the local area.
In addition, he has a good relationship with the prefect Sun Chuanting, Liu Dahai and Li Changjie, middle-level officials of five or six grades, still respect King Tang very much, and are more willing to sell King Tang's favors.
"Lord Wang, make sure again, has the book really been submitted? Do you tell your Majesty the truth about the local situation? ”
Liu Dahai asked.